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Biden formally announces 2% average pay raise for feds in 2025

Biden formally announces 2% average pay raise for feds in 2025

"We must attract, recruit, and retain a skilled workforce with fair compensation in order to keep our government running, deliver services and meet our nation's challenges today and tomorrow," Biden wrote.


Cost of VA’s Digital GI Bill has nearly doubled amid delays and contract challenges

Cost of VA’s Digital GI Bill has nearly doubled amid delays and contract challenges

In a highly critical review, however, VA’s Office of Inspector General found that “insufficient planning by VBA hindered development and completion of the Digital GI Bill platform and has led to significant delays and contributed to about $479 million in additional costs.”


Half a billion dollars in grants awarded to boost the EV charging network

Half a billion dollars in grants awarded to boost the EV charging network

“Most EV charging will happen at homes, workplaces or other destinations while vehicles are already parked, providing a safe, reliable and vastly more convenient way for anyone to fuel,” said Gabe Klein, the executive director of the federal government’s Joint Office of Energy and Transportation.


UK suspends some arms sales to Israel

UK suspends some arms sales to Israel

“The assessment I have received leaves me unable to conclude anything other than that for certain U.K. arms exports to Israel, there does exist a clear risk that they might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law,” Lammy told MPs in the House of Commons.


5 takeaways from Germany’s eastern elections

5 takeaways from Germany’s eastern elections

The party, which merges traditional right-wing stances on immigration and other social issues, has repeatedly called for an end to German military aid for Ukraine and negotiations with Putin — a view for which there is much sympathy in Germany’s formerly communist East.


Belgian schools launch crackdown on smartphones

Belgian schools launch crackdown on smartphones

The effect of excessive screen time on kids' mental health has shot up the political agenda — it even was name-checked by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her program for her next mandate.


How to watch the eastern German elections like a pro

How to watch the eastern German elections like a pro

BERLIN — Populist parties on the far-right and far-left ends of the political spectrum are expected to surge in regional elections to be held in eastern Germany this Sunday.


How Republicans and Democrats paint starkly different pictures of America

How Republicans and Democrats paint starkly different pictures of America

For Republicans, it was a notable shift from 2020, when Trump declared in his convention speech that “all children, born and unborn, have a God-given right to life.” But the politics of abortion have changed substantially since then — and the absence of the issue at the RNC reflected that.


‘The commander-in-chief test’: Harris and Trump are sparring over the military. It’s not a new playbook.

‘The commander-in-chief test’: Harris and Trump are sparring over the military. It’s not a new playbook.

In 1988, Michael Dukakis bashed Bush for the Iran–Contra Affair and staged a photo-op in a tank to cast himself as a capable military leader — though the plan went sideways when his huge helmet and grin looked more silly than strong.


France should have right-wing PM, says Sarkozy

France should have right-wing PM, says Sarkozy

France has been without a new government for almost two months after French President Emmanuel Macron in June called a surprise election, which delivered a chaotic result where no party gained enough seats to secure a majority in parliament.


NFL Players Union Sues DraftKings Over NFT Agreement

NFL Players Union Sues DraftKings Over NFT Agreement

DraftKings was granted the use of aforementioned intellectual property rights until the date of the license agreement’s expiration on February 28, 2027 “unless terminated in accordance with the provisions [t]hereof.” DraftKings agreed to pay a “revenue royalty on sales in both the initial and secondary markets” and a minimum guaranteed payment “to be apportioned over five license periods.” The parties agreed that the minimum guaranteed payment would be paid “regardless of how many sales occur or how much revenue is generated.”


Closing the backdoor: The new TurkStream is here. Can the West stop it?

Closing the backdoor: The new TurkStream is here. Can the West stop it?

And this cheap Russian gas jeopardizes domestic production projects in the Black Sea, while also delaying alternative LNG imports through terminals in Greece, Croatia and Poland, which risks creating stranded assets.